WKU kicker Ryan Nuss kicked a 37-yard field goal in the third overtime Friday to lift the Toppers to a 41-38 win at Houchens-Smith Stadium.
The redshirt junior Nuss went wild after the winning kick, sprinting across the field and sliding on the turf as his teammates poured off the sidelines to mob him.
Nuss’ game-winning field goal made WKU (6-5 overall, 4-3 Conference USA) bowl eligible for the seventh straight year. It gave the Hilltoppers an emotional senior night victory and a third straight victory against their archrivals to the south.
Multiple overtimes are nothing new in the series.